مرسى علم | |
|---|---|
Location in Egypt | |
| Coordinates: 25°04′N34°54′E / 25.067°N 34.900°ECoordinates: 25°04′N34°54′E / 25.067°N 34.900°E | |
| Country | Egypt |
| Governorate | Red Sea Governorate |
| Population | |
| • Total | 10,000 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EST) |
Marsa Alam (Arabic: مرسى علم Marsā ʿAlam, IPA: [ˈmɑɾsɑ ˈʕɑlɑm]) is a town in south-eastern Egypt, located on the western shore of the Red Sea. It is currently seeing fast increasing popularity as a tourist destination and development following the opening of Marsa Alam International Airport in 2003.
Zee Resorts Brayka Bay, Marsa Alam is offering a new and unique holiday experience comprising three different concepts within one destination and providing a total inventory of roundly 928 rooms and suites. Two Hotels with 680 rooms are already in operation with one more to open in summer 2014 adding another 276 rooms.
Among the most famous beaches around Marsa Alam is the Abu Dabab beach. In Abu Dabab, turtles are a common sight. For tourists who seek to see something less typical, there is marine wildlife like crocodilefish and octopuses.
Marsa Alam also has some inland attractions, such as the Emerald Mines and the Temple of Seti I at Khanais.
Climate[edit]
Despite being over 135 miles (217 km) 217.2 km north of the tropical zone, the city experiences a hot desert climate (Köppen: BWh),[2] with steadier temperatures than places to the north such as Hurghada and Sharm el Sheikh, yet Kosseir is steadier and has cooler summers. Marsa Alam, Kosseir and Sharm el-Sheikh have the warmest night temperatures of all other Egyptian cities and resorts. Average maximum temperatures during January typically range from 22 to 25 °C (72 to 77 °F) and in August 33 to 40 °C (91 to 104 °F).
The temperature of the Red Sea at this location during the year ranges from 22 to 29 °C (72 to 84 °F).[3]
The highest record temperature was 45 °C (113 °F), recorded on May 10, 2010, while the lowest record temperature was 5 °C (41 °F), recorded on January 3, 2008.[4]
| Climate data for Marsa Alam | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 29 (84) | 32 (90) | 35 (95) | 39 (102) | 45 (113) | 43 (109) | 43 (109) | 42 (108) | 39 (102) | 38 (100) | 34 (93) | 31 (88) | 45 (113) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 24.1 (75.4) | 25.1 (77.2) | 26.9 (80.4) | 29.8 (85.6) | 33.1 (91.6) | 34.7 (94.5) | 35.5 (95.9) | 35.6 (96.1) | 34.2 (93.6) | 32.6 (90.7) | 29.3 (84.7) | 25.5 (77.9) | 30.5 (87.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 18.6 (65.5) | 19.4 (66.9) | 21.4 (70.5) | 24.2 (75.6) | 27.9 (82.2) | 29.5 (85.1) | 30.5 (86.9) | 30.8 (87.4) | 29.3 (84.7) | 27.4 (81.3) | 24.0 (75.2) | 20.1 (68.2) | 25.3 (77.5) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 13.2 (55.8) | 13.8 (56.8) | 15.9 (60.6) | 18.7 (65.7) | 22.7 (72.9) | 24.3 (75.7) | 25.5 (77.9) | 26.0 (78.8) | 24.4 (75.9) | 22.3 (72.1) | 18.7 (65.7) | 14.8 (58.6) | 20.0 (68.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 5 (41) | 8 (46) | 11 (52) | 15 (59) | 16 (61) | 19 (66) | 22 (72) | 20 (68) | 19 (66) | 15 (59) | 12 (54) | 10 (50) | 5 (41) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.0) | 3 (0.1) | 1 (0.0) | 5 (0.1) |
| Average rainy days | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 279 | 283 | 310 | 330 | 372 | 390 | 403 | 372 | 330 | 310 | 300 | 279 | 3,958 |
| Source #1: Climate-Data.org,[2]Weather2Travel for sunshine and rainy days[5] | |||||||||||||
| Source #2: Voodoo Skies[4] and MarsaAlam.com[6] for record temperatures, HolidayCheck.com[3] | |||||||||||||
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 73 °F 23 °C | 72 °F 22 °C | 72 °F 22 °C | 73 °F 23 °C | 77 °F 25 °C | 81 °F 27 °C | 82 °F 28 °C | 84 °F 29 °C | 82 °F 28 °C | 81 °F 27 °C | 79 °F 26 °C | 75 °F 24 °C |
Gallery[edit]
View over Marsa Alam, 2007
Mosque in Marsa Alam
Dugong off Abu Dabab beach
Dugong 'rolling' on sea floor
Coral reef north of Marsa Alam
Tetraodon at Abbu Dabab dive site
Green sea turtle at Abbu Dabab dive site
Moray eel at Shaab Paradise dive site
Couple of clownfish at Shaab Paradise dive site
A young dolphin playing at Triton House Reef dive site
Couple of butterflyfish at Triton House Reef dive site
Marsa Alam Hotels
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^'Archived copy'. Archived from the original on 2015-04-15. Retrieved 2015-04-11.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ ab'Climate: Marsa Alam - Climate graph, Temperature graph, Climate table'. climate-data.org. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
- ^ abc'Marsa Alam/ El Quseir - Holiday facts and Information'. HolidayCheck.com. Archived from the original on 12 August 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
- ^ ab'Marsa Alam, Egypt'. Voodoo Skies. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
- ^ ab'Marsa Alam, Egypt: Climate, Global Warming, and Daylight Charts and Data'. Weather2Travel. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
- ^ ab'MARSA ALAM WEATHER'. MarsaAlam.com. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
External links[edit]
| Wikimedia Commons has media related to Marsa Alam. |
- On the Red Sea, as Hotels Go Up, Divers Head DownThe New York Times on diving in Marsa Alam (April 8, 2007)